Hello everyone, welcome back. Thank you so much for joining me. So, today I'm going
to finally review The Foundation by Lisa Eldridge. So I actually have tried this
on a miniature scale because I got a sample from the website, and I'll talk
about that in a minute. So I have a few little application tips as well and
I'm just gonna try it on today, see how it sits. And I'm gonna do a wear test
today, and also a wear test on a separate day, which I'll add into this video so we
can see how it sits throughout the day. Just before we get into that today, if this
is your first time here, hi, my name is Robert. I'm a professional makeup artist
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Pro yourself, or just someone who's really good at makeup. So, if that sounds
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let's get into it. Let's talk about the foundation first of all. Actually, let's
talk about the samples of the foundation that you could buy on the website. So, if
you haven't tried anything from Lisa Eldridge before,
I own some of her lipsticks and her highlighters, some of her glosses and lip
pencils as well. And they are all absolutely stunning, it's an absolutely
beautiful brand. If you haven't tried anything before, the highlighter, the
Elevated Glow highlighter is my absolute favorite highlighter in the world. It
just looks like real skin, glowing. That's what I like personally from a highlighter, I'm
not into glitter, I'm not into like, oh it looks like
space. I just... that's nice sometimes but I do just want
it to look like skin, the majority of the time. So that's
exactly what this one does. So I have been waiting for complexion products from
Lisa Eldridge for a while, and it is here. So I actually got number 11 and number
12. And the reason I got both... so if you went on the Lisa Eldridge website before
the launch of the foundation, you could actually grab a sample of the
foundation in different shade groups, which I
thought was incredible. When I'm trying a foundation for the first time from any
brand, if you've watched any of my like foundation reviews or 'full face of'
reviews, you would know that I never use any of the like
cheat ways to find out what shade I am. I won't use a shade comparison website, I
won't do any of that. I like to see how easy it is just, just for fun. It's not
fun. How easy it is to use the resources that brands website give me to match my
own foundation, so swatches... like, you know
it accesses your camera and it tries the foundation on for you.
That's... it doesn't work by the way. Especially a brand with a big shade
range. There are 40 shades in this foundation and they cover a whole group
of shades, right. So let me, let me get this right. So the selected
groups are light, light medium, medium, medium deep, or deep.
So there are eight shades in each group, and then each group has all the
different undertones as well. So, there's a lot to choose from which is absolutely
incredible. That's why I love the samples because I feel like you can look... when,
personally when I'm choosing a foundation online I always kind of get
caught between two shades, and I'm always like, okay I don't know. So sometimes I'll
end up buying two or one and it may come up wrong, it may come up really nice. So
to have four and kind of, you can kind of guess like, okay I'm in this general area.
So to have the four different shades... so this is the one I didn't use, I ordered
two samples but you can pretty much see yourself in one of these samples and get
a good match. So I did get number 11 and number 12. Number 12 is for when I'm a
little bit darker, my skin is very over dramatic and
it changes with the season quite quickly and, and, you know,
subtly but quickly. So, so I did get one that was slightly
deeper. Especially for on camera as well because I,
depending what lighting I'm in, I can look extremely washed out. So in terms, so
when I use the sample of this foundation it almost, it definitely has a medium-ish
coverage, you can build it up a tiny bit. However, so when I use the sample for
this foundation and I did use the whole sample pack to kind of get the idea of the
texture it definitely has... it starts off at.
in my mind, it's completely customizable. You can kind of use it quite lightweight
and do a very fine layer, and still see your skin coming from within. You can
still see slight blemish marks and a little bit of redness on the cheek but
everything just looks subtly even on the skin. And you can most definitely build
it up from there. I haven't built it up to its highest potential because I did
only have a sample, so it'll be interesting to see how that works. I may
actually just show you number 11 and number 12 so you can see like it
blend with the skin. Shall we just? So, so another thing I did
when sampling this foundation was use two different kinds of skin prep on my
face. Now, skin prep for foundation, to me, is 100, 100% the most important thing to do.
The foundation is gonna look as good as how well you've prepared your skin. So on one
side of my face I just used a serum, which is my favorite way to prep my skin,
a Hyaluronic Acid serum. On the other side I prepped a little bit more with a
serum and a moisturizer that was quite rich. Not the way to go for this
foundation, in my opinion. It may be different on your skin type if you were
a little bit drier but I feel like something with this texture doesn't need...
maybe on an oilier more combination skin, doesn't need that excessive prep.
Something like your, a serum and an SPF I feel like would be absolutely fine. A
nice lightweight SPF, don't go in with your heavy creams, and your night creams,
and all this kind of stuff on an oilier skin or more combination skin. I can't
see it lasting its full potential of time. We have the packaging here, this is
very perfume packaging, you know what I mean? Like that kind of like luxury
perfume you get. And then we have the foundation
inside. This is cute. Instructions here. I'm not a packaging,
I'm not going to go through the packaging with you but it does have like a little
velvet cushion inside, which I think is really cute. It has a little dent on the
side so it can lay flat, I'm assuming. Very nice and frosted. Should we just do
it? Let's get into it. So this is shade number 11, let's do number 11 on this
side. I need to always remember. So number 11 on this side.
And I won't blend it in completely so you can see the difference. Let me grab
my number 12. And this is number 12.
So the difference is very, very subtle. This isn't blended in quite yet
but for me you can see that this is very, just slightly too yellow. I know it looks
like it will be a good match because it's covering up that redness nicely but
if you actually look, it's very slightly too yellow. Whereas this is a little bit
more to my skin tone. So even when blended in it still does
look slightly too yellow, whereas this looks great on my skin. So, we're going to
stick with that one. Let me take this off. But I can see when I, in the summer when
I step outside for like one second and catch a tan, this will be my, my shade.
So in terms of brushes for the application I'm going to take the
Spectrum x Katie Jane Hughes brush, this is number three. And I'm using this
because it's slightly lighter on top and because I want to build up layers. I
don't want to go in
too hard with every single layer first, I want to start gradual. And I'm just going
to start with, let's do like an example of a lighter coverage. So, let's catch
those areas that are redder, so like my nose and my cheeks.
I get, I get really red round like here as well.
I'm gonna zoom right, right in for this as well so you can see. That's so
close, oh my God. Hi.
So that's it on one side, in a really light layer.
No foundation this side. Oh, I haven't done any on my forehead, let me do my forehead.
So that's a very light layer.
Gonna get right in here. Oh, my God. I feel really...
you see all my greys. Oh, you can anyway. This pore on the end of my nose,
it's been there for so long, okay. And then let's do... we'll just do the other
side here.
So this is a light layer of the foundation, you can still see my skin
which I really like. It's dealt really well with my dehydrated skin around my
nose, it's always an issue for me. But actually there's been a few products
recently that have worked really, really well with my nose.
Here, I usually get really dry, crusty skin around here when I put foundation
on top or when I do any kind of movement over the top with a brush.
Yeah, I really, I really like that. This is the kind of level of foundation I would
personally wear out. I would sort my lips out, I wouldn't completely go out in the
flash like this. And kind of leave it at that. I'm gonna do my eyes in a bit
and kind of leave the foundation on and see how it sits through... because I get, I'm
gonna film a video and it usually takes me about an hour to film that video
because I read like stories as I'm doing it, so it takes me a little while. So I
want to see how it sits.
Yeah, let me do a full coverage and see how that goes.
So that's it, just a heavy second layer. That to me is enough for full
coverage. What I like about foundations in general,
I know at the moment I kind of look like a bit blanked out but that's great for
me because it gets rid of all the redness in my skin. Then I think of my
bronzer, lip color, concealer, things like that. So I really, really like the
coverage of this. I like how customizable it is. Why do I say it like that? Custom...
customized, customizable.
It is in terms of coverage. I am using it up to my eyes a little bit further than
I would usually, just because it is a little bit thinner in terms of coverage.
But I would of course generally use a concealer. Let's use a
little bit of the Elevated Glow highlighter, this is Cosmic Rose, also
from Lisa Eldridge. I'll see how that sits on top. I have tried this with
a brush but I really, really like how it goes on with the finger, it just looks
amazing. And you can kind of feel with your finger your cheekbone and
kind of just wrap it slightly, above that cheekbone.
Wrap it above your cheek? What the f*ck am I saying? Place it above that
cheekbone and get that really nice soft highlight.
Do you see what I mean? There's like no glitter, there's no... it just looks like your skin
is having a really great time. So what I will do this time around, is use a powder
on the foundation wear test throughout the day. I don't use powder on my
foundations when I'm doing the wear test just because I like to see what it does
by itself. I'm going to take
this tiny, this is another brush from Spectrum, this is from their Disney
Villains little sets, they are so cute. And this is from the Evil Queen set.
I've got like a hair somewhere, it's really doing my head in.
And I'm not going over the highlighter, I'm just taking it under the eyes and on
this inside corner here, so I still get get that glow on the cheek here. Let's go
around the highlight area. Right, there's a hair on my face and I
cannot find it, and I just keep... there it is. Right, come on. So here's what I'm
gonna do, I'm gonna film another video now that takes me a little bit longer to
film. I, when I come back I'll have my eyes done and I may have some blush on.
And this is why I like to do a separate wear test by itself because I, I want
to do one with other products and I want to do one by itself. So I'll come back
and that will be the situation. I'll outro and, and review kind of summarize
in that part. Hi, me again. Okay, I don't know what this look is, everything went
completely wrong. So it's been about an hour and a half, maybe even almost two
hours because I started doing this eye look without an eye primer
and I was like, why is it looking... why is it like the eyeshadow gripping, you can see
where I've been stressing and, and like, you know, combing through my hair.
It was going all patchy, so I had to redo my eye makeup again. The foundation
though, however, for how long it's been...
let me zoom in here. Isn't looking that oily on my face. Usually I get extremely
oily within like 20 minutes, I get quite shiny
but I'm happy with this level of moisture.
Do bear... moisture? Of oil. Do bear in mind I've used a powder as well. It's sitting
nicely on my skin, you can still see my skin texture. I used a really terrible
bronzer. I'm not going to take this as my...
...trial. Let me add in the day trial now, so we can see how that goes.
Okay. Hi, this is a horrible angle. So, I am
filming today. I haven't put the foundation on yet but I will put it on
in just a minute. I've prepped my skin with the
Hyaluronic Acid serum from Current Body, I really like this before my
foundation because it's literally just like a sticky serum. Not sticky... yeah,
it's a little bit sticky but it's not like a horrible feeling on the skin. And
I'm just gonna go straight in with the foundation on top.
So I'm not gonna apply powder on it today, I'm gonna film a video then I'm
gonna film... another one?
Where I'm gonna do like an eye look. No, I'm gonna film a video then I'm gonna
clean this room because it's a mess, and then I'm gonna film one more.
So that, that's gonna be a good like five hours.
So, that's the day. I'm feeling a little bit crappy, so I'm a little bit like, I
got a bit of a temperature so my skin is a little bit warmer than it usually is.
And my skin is warm in general, so it's going to be like super hot today. Look, you
can see this is my, I'm not feeling well eye, it's like all
closing up. So we'll see how it lasts on the skin.
It may be a little bit unfair because I might sweat a little bit more than
normal but we will bear that in mind. I, to be completely honest I actually wore
this foundation last night, not last night, the night
before to an event I went to with my management and it was, it was, it was
incredible. And I, I was just sitting down eating dinner so it wasn't anything too
strenuous but it lasted all night. It looked incredible by the end of the
night. When I went to take it off I was like, you know what, if I just powdered my
nose I could carry this, this through. And that was from about 7pm,
no, I was ready at six, till about midnight. So it's kind of like an
evening for me. But today, we're doing a day and doing, you know, some lifting and
tidying, and stuff that gets me generally worn out because I'm unhealthy.
So yeah, let's see how it goes. So the foundation is on, I've put on a bit of
concealer under my eyes for the camera because I look so tired on camera. So I'm
gonna film now, I'm just filming a video where...
well it's coming up. So I don't need to put on makeup, basically. And then I'm
gonna do... clean, and then I'm doing a video where I am gonna do makeup so
we'll see how it sits. It's gone on my skin perfectly, it's sitting really well
as I know it does, as I knew it would with the...
what I used to prep my skin. As I said in the video
before, these kind of foundations I believe need minimal prep. As someone with
oily skin I always do minimal prep anyway on myself, because I want it to
last as long as it can. And I don't want my skin to like, you know...
It can't deal with too much moisture, so. I've done that. I don't know what I'm
saying, I'm so, I'm so not well. Fine.
Okay, so I'm gonna get on with my day and I will keep you updated. Okay, so I've
just finished filming my first video, it's been about an hour I want to say. An
hour and a half, so yeah. You know, an hour and a half. And it's looking good.
I'm getting a little bit shiny on my nose, I wouldn't say it's oily though in
any way at all. That's not my oil, I think it's just the way the foundation is sitting.
Still looking good, no breaking up which, which for an hour and a half it's really good
for me. Usually, I'm having to touch up and maybe putting on a little bit more
powder. Oily people out there would know trying to, having to put powder on an
oily skin after this amount of time is the normal thing to do. But yeah, so far
so good, still sitting really nicely. Again, I'll keep you posted, okay. This is
still looking good. Bear in mind, to keep it fair, like all my foundation tests I
haven't given it like any help. So I haven't used powder,
setting sprays that people use, setting sprays, any specific primers. On my nose it is
still looking a little bit... I wouldn't even say shiny because when I get shiny
I don't like the look of shiny. This is fine, I can absolutely cope with this.
Yeah, I just think it, I think it looks absolutely, it looks fine. I would, I would,
I would still go out like this. I wouldn't yet powder my nose if I was out
somewhere, I would still give it a little bit more time. Okay, yeah. Let's, let's give
it another hour I guess and, maybe another two, and I'll see in another two
hours. Okay, so it's much later in the day. I've cleaned
my filming room, I filmed a video, I was gonna film another one but
I'm not going to now. I'll do that another day. And this...
let me focus, is how the foundation... I always look at my nose first because that's
like my troubled area, and by troubled I mean foundation just never lasts as long
on my nose. So it is a little bit shiny but that's
to be expected. My forehead is looking like, pretty like.... considering it's been...
wow, God, when did I start this? Okay, so it's been about six, six, almost
six hours. It's sitting really, really, really well. So I'm very impressed. Had
I been able to powder throughout the day I would have done it ,and it would have
been absolutely fine. One thing I do really like about this is some
foundations as they wear throughout the day...
where, where I'm oily it doesn't look like there's no foundation there. It
looks like foundation but it just looks a little bit shiny. This is a lot
shiny compared to earlier on but again, I haven't powdered it. But some
foundations tend to break down and just almost completely disappear when your
oil breaks through. Where as this, I can still see my foundation. And if I did put
a powder on top... actually, let me do it.
Okay, so I just powdered and it just looks like it did before to be fair. It
doesn't look much different, it still looks like I'm ha... it still looks like
I'm wearing foundation, like I have the foundation on.
Yeah, very impressed. So far so good. A few things I would suggest is maybe if you
are on the dryer end and you plan on like super hydrating your skin like you
would maybe with your normal foundation, maybe don't over prep as much. I feel
like this foundation sits really well on skin texture, so I feel like you wouldn't
need, need to, you know, use all the other, other magical things we use to kind of
prep our skin. Especially for people with oily skin as well. I did a really, really
light coverage in this foundation and it sat... this is the kind of coverage I like,
I just want it to even out my redness. I want it to look like skin still but not look
crazy, you know? So yeah, I really, really like it. It's a really great
foundation. If I allowed myself to touch up throughout the day I feel like it
would have been even better. So yeah, I'm very impressed. Well, that is my
review, I would love to know what you think below. Have you got the foundation?
Would you like to try the foundation? How did you find the sample process?
Everything like that, do let me know. Thank you so much again for joining me.
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